Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obscured
([o^]b*sk[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring.] [L.
obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure, a.]
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the
dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible,
glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
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They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with
obscured lights. --Shak.
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Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. --Shak.
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There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by
the writings of learned men as this. --Wake.
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And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden.
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obscure
adj.
Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total
incomprehensibility. ?The reason for that last crash is obscure.? ?The find
(1) command's syntax is obscure!? The phrase moderately obscure implies
that something could be figured out but probably isn't worth the trouble.
The construction obscure in the extreme is the preferred emphatic form.